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bemonster, v.|bɪˈmɒnstə(r)|
[f. be- 5 + monster.]
trans.
1. To make monstrous or hideous; to deform.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. ii. 63 Be-monster not thy feature. 1608Machin Dumb Knt. iii. i, Ile rather wed a sootie blackamore, Then her that hath bemonstered my pure soule.
2. To regard, treat as, or ‘call’ a monster.
1692Christ Exalted §139 Yet he writes..like a Gentleman, not be-heriticking, not be-monstring Dr. Crisp. 1880Swinburne Birthd. Ode 421 A man by men bemonstered. |